Automobile-radiator attachment



C. E. SPAID.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 23. |917'.

Patented J une 6, 1922.

INVENTOH WITNESSES CHARLES E. sPAID, or sioux FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

AUTOMOBILE-'RADTOR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1922i.

Application filed March 23, 19N.v Serial No. 156,998.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SPAID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux F alls, in the county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Automobile-Radiator Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in a radiator attachment which fis adapted to be fitted and held in place over the Lopen front of an automobile radiator, and which may be provided with a heater to supply heat to the radiator to warm the water in the radiator coils and prevent freezing of the same, and at the same time to warm the engine to permit more ready'startingof the same.

An object of this invention is to provide such a device as is set forth above which may be readily attached and detached with out the use of special tools of any sort, and which is so constructed that the full volume of air heated by the generating means will pass through the radiator and around the engine, thus making the device very economical in use.

A further object lies in the construction of the device in such a manner that fresh air at atmospheric temperature can be supplied to circulate through the radiator.

With the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings and then morey particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure vl is a view .in perspective of the invention illustrating the radiator and other parts of the automobile contingent thereto by means of dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view.

The maincase l ofthe device is made to have an outer contour corresponding approximately to the outline of a front elevat-ion of the particular radiator to which the device is to be fitted, and in this connection it will be understood that the device will be particularly constructed for use with various makes of automobile having variously designed radiators.

From the bottom 2, the rear wall 3 of the case l. is intended to be perfectly straight, or

when the space between the forward and rear walls is reduced to approximately threefourths of an inch, the outer wall 4 is then extended on upwardly parallel with the rear wall 3. Side and top walls 5 and 6 are connected between the forward and rear walls 4- and 3 and in the lower part of the casing thus formed, a partition 7 is disposed in horizontal arrangement so that a fuel chamber 8 is provided in the lower part of the casing l, a spout or filling tube 9 being preferably extended from one side of. the casing to permit the supply of oil to the chamber 8.

The rear wall 3 is provided with the openings 10 which are formed through substantially the entire area thereof so that air may readily pass into and from the interior of the casing above the partition 7, through these openings l0. Burners 1l are mounted in the partition 7 having wicks 12 which extend down into the fuel chamber 8 and the openings 13 are provided to permit access to be had to these burners l1 and are provided with the doors le to close the same it being preferable that these doors 14 be pro vided with a glass, mica, or other transparent window so that the burners may be viewed therethrough. It is perhaps prefer able that a pair of burners be located adjacent each side of the casing' so that the heat within the casing will be more evenly distributed, and under ordinary workingA conditions the air flowing through the lowermost of theopenings l0 will supply sufficient oxygen to support combustion at the burners and the heated air from the burners will pass out through the upper and intermediately arranged openings lO, thus creating a natural circulation of cooler air into the casing lower down therein and as this air is heated and rises, it will be discharged adjacent the top of the casing, and from the middle portion thereof.

As has been stated, the casing is shaped to have a contour corresponding to the outline of the particular radiator to which it is to be fitted and upon which it is to be used, and a I packing strip 15, which may be of asbestos in a position where the packing material 15 is compressed between the rear wall and the face ofthe radiator casing.

Where the device is mounted as is above set forth, the natural circulation of the air from the engine hood through the radiator and through the lowermost openings 10 to be heated within the casing and to be again discharged into the hood through the radi ator from the upper openings 10 will nor* mallyA supply theV proper'ainount of air Vto the burners and create the necessarydraft for the ,flames at the burners. However. if sufficientI air ,isv not supplied tothe burners inV this way,` then the doors 14- may be slightly opened and in .this way an increased supply of'air will be received from the at mosphere. Also it is preferable that a vent opening 18 be provided through the front wall 1 of the casing near the top thereof to be closed by the cover 19, and .further this expedient might be resorted to when too great a supply of heated air is passing.

from the casingthrough the radiator. However it is perhaps desirable that some means be provided to supply air to the radiator and after passing therethrough, to the engine hood and to accomplish this purpose, I passI the tubes 2O through the forward land rear walls 4 and 3 so that the inner ends thereof open through the central, portion of the inner wall 3, and caps 21 are provided to be fitted over the outer endsI of these air supply tubes 20 to close the saine normallyA By removing the caps 21, air willpass directly from the atmosphere through thix tubes 2.0, and around the'coils of the radiator from whence it will pass to the engine hood. ',lo'determine the temperature of the ai.:- Awithin the casing 41, a thermometer 2Q is mounted within an opening formed in thel forward wall 4- where it will be visible, and by the regulation of the parts as above set forth, any desired temperature of the air passing through the openings l() can be attained. It is preferable that the casing 1 be shaped so that the forward 'and rear walls 4 and 3 are notched at the approximate centers of the lower edges and the bottom 2 is made to follow this configuration, thus providing a notched out opening 23' in which the starting vcrank will fit, provided V,the ven- 4the cooling water.

gine is not fitted with some sort of an attachment for starting.

In the use of the device, adaptations may be made to have the device fitted in place only whilethe machine is standing upon the street or 'in av garage to prevent freezing of p Or the device might be fittedin place to be used just previous to starting the engine so that the water in the radiator would be warmed up and also the engine structure would be warmed to permit more` ready starting thereof. Or this device might even `be fitted in place to remain stationarily mounted during the use-of the automobile, where the machine is used in very cold weather and where the passage of at mospheric yair over vthe coils of the' radiator would cool the waterto such an extent' that the engine cylinders will be cooled and wil'L in consequence not operate properly and with the greatestefiiciency. It will of course be understood that when the device is fitted in place and the machine is operated, itw-iil be possible to remove the caps 21 in order that atmospheric air can pass through the tubes 2O to augment the air supplied through the openings l0, this adjustment of the parts however', being dependent upon the indica tions of the thermometer and the temperature which it is desired to maintain.

VVhilef I have` herein shown and described only one specific form of the invention, it will be understood that heating means other'1 than the oil burners as here illustrated might be used, that some other form of fastening means can be supplied, and that other modifications and variations might'be made in the form and arrangement of the parts witliout departing from the spirit and scope of this invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited except to such points `'as maybe set forth Ain the claim.

I claim:

A radiator attachment comprising a casing shaped to conform ,to the outline of a radiator, means for. detachably securing said casing tothe front of a radiator.. said casing provided with spaced front Aand rear walls` said .rear walls provided with a plurality of discharge apertures formed therein, a plurality of fresh vair supply tribes extending through said front and rear walls'and provided with their vdischarge ends communi cating with the front of a radiator upon which said attachment is adapted to be placed, and caps threaded upon ythe outer end of said tubes for permitting the outer ends of said tubes to be positively closed when it is so desired.

In testimony'whereofJ a'dix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' 'CHARLES E, SPAID. Witnesses:

` C. V. CALDWELL,

CROWLEY. 

